SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of Report (date of
earliest event reported):                 August 12, 1999



Commission      Registrant, State of Incorporation,         I.R.S. Employer
File Number     Address and Telephone Number                Identification No.
- -----------     ----------------------------------          -----------------

1-6047          GPU, Inc.                                       13-5516989
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                300 Madison Avenue
                Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1911
                Telephone (973) 455-8200

1-446           Metropolitan Edison Company                     23-0870160
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601

1-3522          Pennsylvania Electric Company                   25-0718085
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601








ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.
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      As previously  reported,  in October 1998, the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission  ("PaPUC")  issued final orders  ("Restructuring  Orders")  approving
settlement agreements entered into by Metropolitan Edison Company ("Met-Ed") and
Pennsylvania  Electric Company  ("Penelec") in their  restructuring  proceedings
with all but two  parties to the  restructuring  proceedings.  Those two parties
filed  separate  appeals  with the  Pennsylvania  Commonwealth  Court on various
grounds.  Met-Ed and Penelec  subsequently settled with one appellant which then
withdrew its appeal.

      On  August  12,  1999,  the  Pennsylvania  Commonwealth  Court,  in a  5-2
decision,  denied the remaining appeal filed by State Representative  George and
upheld the PaPUC's  actions in issuing  the  Restructuring  Orders.  Among other
things, the Commonwealth Court upheld the process used by the PaPUC in approving
the settlement  agreements  underlying the restructuring  orders and the related
divestitures by Met-Ed and Penelec of their electric generating facilities.

      Met-Ed and Penelec do not know whether Rep. George will seek review of the
Commonwealth Court's decision.






                                    SIGNATURE

      PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANTS  HAVE DULY CAUSED  THIS  REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON THEIR  BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                              GPU, INC.
                              METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                              PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY



                              By: /s/ T. G. Howson
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                                  T. G. Howson, Vice President
                                  and Treasurer


Date:   August 16, 1999